just back from ethiopia

we spent the last two weeks in the hills of sidamo and yirgacheffe - and many days in the whirling city of addis ababa - videos, stories, and pics coming very soon. 

highlights:

dinner with 25 tribal coffee farmers among the coffee trees, morning swim in haile selassie's summer palace hot springs (not as glamorous as it sounds), in depth conversation with tadesse meskela (star of the movie black gold) about the future of ethiopian coffee while observing the first night of lent. 

first batch of pics from ethiopia

a quick peek at the hundreds of photos we captured while in ethiopia.

these photos were taken by brian wells the talented proprietor of the tougo coffeehouse in seattle who vita brought along to experience coffee at the source.